• Tituli, with decorated initial 'T'., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, with tituli (responsive prayers) 1-6

is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d. 1115) in Harley 491, Reginald of Bath (d. 1190) in a Cambridge University manuscript, Abbot Ralph of

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the text that there were 5199 years

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the text that there were 5199 years

• Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the

• Decorated initials 'N'(eminem) and 'R'(ex); the lower margin with a note stating that from the creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the

• Historiated initial 'M'(atheus) of Matthew and other saint, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentary

Small initials, paraphs and running titles in red or blue. Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentary The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Puzzle initial 'O' with pen-flourishing. Initial in red., Lancelot du Lac

breviary in a different 14th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial England or

• Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Text page with coloured initials., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Detail of an historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) with dragons and human masks in medallions, at the beginning of Mark., Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'H'(ic est) formed by a dragon and a lion, of John writing on a tablet and the dove of the Holy Spirit approaching to his ear, at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Text page with note perhaps in the hand of Patrick Young., Synonyma, Homilies, Commentaries on the Song of Songs

to be identified with no. 31 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); a note perhaps in the hand

• Initial 'D' with foliate decoration., Orationes; Anonymous prayers; De animae, Sententiae

mon[achum]' (f. 3). Acquired after 1202: not in the catalogue of this date, Royal manuscript 5 B xii.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 18 and in the catalogue of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Inhabited initials 'H'(ec sunt) with white lions, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Inscriptions recording that the book belonged to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, and was given by Ralph de Ros, prior of Rochester, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffen[se] que[m] qui inde alienav[er]it / alienatu[m]ve celav[er]it exco[mun]icatus sit', and 'per Radu[l]fum d[e] Ros p[ri]orem'; and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 515'., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of